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Wolf Kahlen «Mirror TV» | TV-Spiegel
Wolf Kahlen, «Mirror TV», 1969 – 1977
TV-Spiegel | © Wolf Kahlen
 


 Wolf Kahlen

b in Aachen (D); 1969 first artistic work with video; 1971 co-founder of the Video-Forum of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; since 1982 professor for Intermedia Art, Technical University Berlin; 1985 founder of the Ruine der Künste in West-Berlin; lives and works in Berlin.
Since the 1970s Kahlen investigates processes of time and contrasts the shallow TV culture with an exploration of ancient, mythical dimensions. Material reality gains a much higher relevance than the electronic reality that can only temporarily try to turn things upside down as if testing reality.